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11.08.2008

the mind of a child...

the mind of a child...

as adults we need to try and calibrate our brains to view things through the perception of a childso often we try to put our understanding of the world on the actions of a child

when sledding we want them to point it straight so that they can go fast and farbut... somehow the kids have just as much fun if they spin around twice and then roll off the sledyet... parents like me intervene and try to make them understand and appreciate things the way that adults see theminstead of their own natural way to appreciate things

this weekend past I worked a booth at a fair at my two boys' elementary schoolit was called DINOSAUR DIGin short there were two small inflatable kiddie pools filled with sandhidden in the sand were plastic dinosaurseach child was giving a small hand sized bucked and equally small shovels and rakesthey were told that they were to dig for dinosaurswhen they found ten dinosaurs they won a prize

each small sand filled pool was only three feet wide and five inches deep in sand filled with maybe fifty or more dinosaurs a piecethere was no time limit or any other constraintsso it was pretty much a gimmie that you got a toy any time you playedin my eyes the game was about as lame as the plastic gumball machine quality toysbut... THE KIDS LOVED IT!

so for two hours I worked the DINOSAUR DIG booththe kids lined up and gave their tickets and I gave my spiel

"the name of the game is DINOSAUR DIG... with these tools you are to dig for dinosaurs... if you find ten dinosaurs you win a prize... you know what you get if you find four dinosaurs? (pause then scream) NOTHING!"

the children came up... depending on the line, the time, and the child I tried to make things more funmiscounting and making the kids go back for more dinosaursmaking the kids count themselveswhatever...

the kids had a blastin an adult's eyes DINOSAUR DIG IS MADE OF DINOSAUR DUNGbut to a child... it is AWESOME!

even if I think Dinosaur Dig SUCKS!I had a great timealmost as much fun as the kids

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